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Analysts foresee announcing decreased profits on Thursday, July 25, 2013, when it reports its second quarter earnings. Despite this, they are generally optimistic about the stock.

Analysts are expecting CMS Energy to come in with earnings of 35 cents per share, 13% less than a year ago when it reported earnings of 40 cents per share.

Over the past three months, the consensus estimate has increased from 33 cents. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of $1.65 per share. Revenue is projected to be 3% above the year-earlier total of $1.33 billion at $1.37 billion for the quarter. For the year, revenue is projected to come in at $6.56 billion.

Over the last four quarters, income rose 28% on average year-over-year. The biggest boost came in the fourth quarter, when income increased 63% from the year-ago quarter.

Revenue rose in the past two quarters. In the most recent quarter, revenue rose 48% year-over-year to $1.98 billion. The quarter before that, it rose 3%.

The majority of analysts (60%) rate CMS Energy as a buy. This compares favorably to the analyst ratings of its nearest 10 competitors, which average 23% buys.

CMS Energy owns power generation facilities fueled mostly by natural gas and biomass. One of CMS Energy's main competitors in the electric utilities industry, , will report earnings on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Analysts are expecting earnings of $0.66 per share for Dominion Resources, up 12% from last year's earnings of $0.59 per share.

Other competitors in the utilities sector include: , and Integrys Energy.